Bar for making shovels



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. M. MYERS.

BAR FOR MAKING SHOVELS.

No. 340,608. Patented Apr. 27,1886.

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$424M, was 8 m "1 W (No Model.)

H. M. HRS.

BAR FOR MAK N SHOVELS.

Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. MYERS, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAR FOR MAKING SHOVELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,608, dated April27, 1886.

Application filed March 27, I885. Renewed October 26, 1985. Serial No.180,965. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. MYERs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a newarticle of manufacture, a Rolled Bar for Making Blanks for Shovels,Spades, and Scoops; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to a new article of manufacture-to wit, a rolledbar for forming blanks for making shovels, spades,and scoops; and itconsists ofa flat bar of iron or steel having a series of indentationsand projections on one edge of it, and adapted to be cut into sectionsfor forming said blanks.

To enable others skilled in the art with which my invention is mostnearly connected to make and use it, I willproceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a pair of rolls for making indentationsand projections on one edge of a heated flat bar. Fig. 2 is a verticaland transverse section of the same at line no of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a topview or plan of a flat bar of iron or steel after passing through saidrolls. Fig. 4 is a blank for a shovel, spade, or scoopthat is, itrepresents in perspective a section of the bar shown in Fig. 3.

In manufacturing blanks for makingshovels, spades, and scoops, I take abillet of iron or steel and heat it to the proper degree for forging itby placing said billet in an ordinary heating'furnace, the constructionand manipulation of which is well understood, and therefore need not befurther described. When the billet is heated to the proper degree foriorging, it is removed from the furnace and passed through rolls of theordinary construction, for reducing it to a flat bar,which,whi1e in theheated condition, is passed through one of the grooves A of the roll B,in'the bottom of which grooves are a series of indentations, 0. (Shownplainly in Fig. 2.) By passing the flat bar D through the groove A intheroll B a series of indentations and projections are formed on oneedge of it by the impinging action of the two rolls B E, as indicated inFig. 2, whereby a bar is formed having projections F on one edge of it,as shown in Fig. 3, which bar may be cut into sections, as indicated bythe dotted lines shown in Fig. 3, each section forminga blank (shown inFig. 4) for the making of a shovel, spade, or scoop by any of theseveral methods known to the art.

The construction of the rolls shown in Figs. and 2 and theirmanipulation are well understood by the skilled roll-turner, andtherefore need not be further described.

The advantages ofthe herein-described new article of manufacture will beapparent to shovel makers, for it will enable them to dispense with theforging process and skilled labor necessary to produce blanks forshovels, spades, and scoops, and it will enable them to obtain saidblanks at about the price of bariron and bar-steel.

Having thus described my new article of manufacture, what I claim is-- Arolled bar for forming blanks for making shovels, spades, and scoops,said bar having a series of indentations and projections on one edge ofit, and adapted to be cut into sections for making said blanks,substantially as herein described.

HENRY M. MYERS.

\Vitnesses:

WM. IV. S. DYRE, JAMES J. JOHNSTON.

